their legal status might suggest.

她们的法律地位所包含的要复杂得多
That's all I feel I can say about that subject

对这个主题我想说的就是这些了
because I haven't been able to resolve the contradiction.

因为我还不能解决这个矛盾
Well I won't go into modern scholarly arguments

我不会深入讲现代学者的争论
but let me just say that no matter what they all say,

我只想说不管他们怎么说
no matter how they come out, this dichotomy is there,

不管他们是怎么推论的分歧已经存在
it's in the sources.

就在资料里
We need to do something and some supplying for things that are missing

我们要继续研究并且补充遗漏的资料
if we are to comprehend

如果我们想搞清楚
how both halves of this can be true

这两种对立的情况为什么都是对的
as I'm sure they both are somehow.

我确信它们大体上是真实的
Let's turn next to the question of slavery.

让我们转向下一个问题关于奴隶